• Total examination of election law needed by Portuguese-speaker

General Right to Vote
Constitution:
(1992)
• Article 10, section 1 states: "The people shall exercise political power through universal, equal, direct, secret and periodic suffrage, and through other forms laid down in this Constitution."
• Article 49, section 1 states "All citizens over the age of 18 years have the right to vote, unless subject to an incapacity under the general law."
• Article 50, section1 states: "All citizens have the right, equally and without restriction, to hold public office."

Specific Inclusion of People with Disabilities
Constitution:
(1992)
• Article 71, section 1 states: "Citizens who are physically or mentally disabled shall enjoy all the rights and be subject to all the duties contained in this Constitution, except to the extent that their disability renders them unfit to exercise or perform them."
• Article 71, section 2 continues: "The State shall implement a national policy for the prevention of disability, and for the treatment, rehabilitation and integration of disabled persons, shall educate the community to be aware of its duties of respect for them and solidarity with them, and shall ensure that they enjoy their rights to the full extent subject to the rights and duties of their parents or guardians.
• Article 71, section 3 concludes: "The State shall provide assistance to associations of disabled persons."

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Electoral Law:
(source: IPU)
• Disqualification from voting: insanity, inability to manage own affairs, deprivation of political rights